A National Championship dirt track car was raced in the Indianapolis
500 mile race in 1950. Driven by Troy Ruttman, the car was known
throughout its history as “The Baby Bowes”. During
the 1950 season, the car won the AAA 100 mile race at the famous
Williams Grove Speedway and also won several pole positions
as well as top 5 place finishes. The car was later disassembled
by noted racer, Al Hendrix and pieces used in other cars. The
remaining pieces were gathered together by Eugene Erickson and
Paul FitzGerald. Paul then recreated the car by “back-designing”
the car from official Speedway photographs and fabricating all
the frame and suspension pieces. Paul created line drawings
of the body and fabricated a wooden form for the body. Jerry
Weeks of Indianapolis is responsible for the wonderful body.
Eugene Erickson has successfully demonstrated the car at noteworthy
tracks including New Hampshire International Speedway and at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.